Did Spinks really beat (an old) Holmes twice? The first fight Larry was way overconfident and spent too much time trying to figure out Spinks style and get him to come to him. The second fight he put his foot on the gas pedal and lost a horrible decision.

Spinks was a great LH. His win over Qawi was top, and though EMM had cut too much weight, that was a great win as well, same with the KO over Johnson. As a heavy, Spinks was lucky, and especially lucky that ****ey was drunk and washed up. Oh, and overrated (outside of massive punching power with one hand). Spinks beat ****ey the way ****ey "beat" Lyle and Norton.

I agree ****ey was a mess and Spinks always deserves more respect...washed up or not, given up 30 lbs is no joke..Spinks being 30 and 0 with 20 KO"s that night and people just wanna say it was because ****ey was a drunken mess...no nevermind that Spinks beat that ass that night.

[quote=salsanchezfan;13774383]I guess I'm one of the few that gives ****ey some props here as a really dangerous heavyweight up to the Holmes fight. Yes, he was guided to make money rather than to build skills and resume, and that's fine. One thing some boxing fans forget is that these guys don't OWE us legendary, peerless careers with the endgame prize of being on some goof's top ten pound-for-pound list twenty or thirty years later. They have families to feed. Sometimes, if only for themselves, that's enough. And that's all it needs to be.[/quote

I agree..Im trying to give him props but im gettin shout down here...can you remember seeing a fight in your lifetime where there was such a huge size difference?

It was a good win for a guy who was the linear champion in the summer of 1987. Even up of course it's a mismatch, but the thing ****ey had going for him was his size advantage. I thought it was fun to watch Spinks slap him around.

I agree with the Southpaw. Fantastic performance by Spinks. Michael would have beaten every heavy in the division at that time, except Tyson. I can't believe people call him a fraud. I think they're ****ed because he finally rid us of Holmes.